::swiss fact #146::

in Basel (where I am living) you buy 10 garbage bags for 30CHF (about 24 USD). Each time you take out the trash it costs 3CHF - it forces you to use the recycling system, wherby (usually on the weekend because you are not allowed to use them after 7pm - those who work find this crazy) you can dispose of plastic, glass and cans in large bins situated within a 10 minute walk from everybodys apartment...

even though i would easily drop anywhere between 50-100 CHFs on any given night down at the pub, it still pains me to pay 3CHF for a garbage bag...its not that i don't appreciate the cost of garbage and that they must recoup this cost from somewhere, and this is a pay as you go system with merit, i just don't like being forced...